Getting It Back Out is a free printable Grade 5 science worksheet on using a property of each material to separate a mixture, aligned to NGSS performance expectation 5-PS1-3. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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Getting It Back Out

5-PS1-3

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Draw a line from each mixture to the way to separate it.

1.Draw a line from each one to its match.

Salt dissolved in water
Salt mixed with pepper
Iron filings mixed with sand
Sand stirred into water

A.Adding water to dissolve the salt, then filtering out the pepper
B.Filter paper, which catches the sand because it has not dissolved
C.Leaving the water to evaporate, so the salt is left behind
D.A magnet, because the iron is magnetic and the sand is not

2.Draw a line from each one to its match.

The colored inks in a black marker
Rice in the water it was washed in
Cooking oil floating on water
Gravel mixed with sand

A.Skimming off the top layer, because the oil floats
B.A colander, which holds the rice grains and lets the water drain
C.Wet paper, because each ink travels up it a different distance
D.A sieve, because the gravel pieces are too big for its holes

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Answer key — Getting It Back Out

Set 6. Prints on its own sheet.

1.1. Salt dissolved in water — C (Leaving the water to evaporate, so the salt is left behind) 2. Salt mixed with pepper — A (Adding water to dissolve the salt, then filtering out the pepper) 3. Iron filings mixed with sand — D (A magnet, because the iron is magnetic and the sand is not) 4. Sand stirred into water — B (Filter paper, which catches the sand because it has not dissolved)
2.1. The colored inks in a black marker — C (Wet paper, because each ink travels up it a different distance) 2. Rice in the water it was washed in — B (A colander, which holds the rice grains and lets the water drain) 3. Cooking oil floating on water — A (Skimming off the top layer, because the oil floats) 4. Gravel mixed with sand — D (A sieve, because the gravel pieces are too big for its holes)

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to 5-PS1-3 of the Next Generation Science Standards.